NEW ORLEANS - People familiar with the situation say defensive end Will Smith and linebacker Jonathan Vilma have agreed to restructure their contracts in order to remain with the New Orleans Saints. Meanwhile, one person says reserve linebacker Will Herring is being released. The people spoke to The Associated Press... more »
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - No. 5 Florida didn't wait to give coach Will Muschamp a contract extension. The Gators (11-1) gave him one before the season. President Bernie Machen and athletic director Jeremy Foley met in August and agreed to extend Muschamp's contract for a year, through 2017. The Gainesville Sun... more »
BATON ROUGE - As Patrick Peterson awaits the potential number one spot in the NFL Draft, former Texas A&M assistant coach Van Malone claims a Houston based scout named Willie Lyles wanted $80,000 to secure Peterson's enrollment at Texas A&M.
Malone sat down with ESPN for an interview and... more »
BATON ROUGE - According to ESPN, the NCAA is investigating a scout named Will Lyles about possible ties to an LSU recruit and University of Oregon players.
LSU's sports information office says nothing about what LSU has done is illegal. For years, the school has outsourced recruiting information from... more »
NEW ORLEANS - Saints defensive end Will Smith was arrested in Lafayette on simple battery and domestic abuse. According to Cpl. Paul Mouton with the Lafayette Police Department Smith and his wife got into a dispute just after 2 a.m. Saturday morning, while leaving a night club. Mouton says police... more »
A friend and a former manager is the executor of the late Gary Coleman's eastate and specifies he wanted to be cremated. His will was officially filed with a court in Utah where Coleman died last month after suffering a brain hemorrage. The will was written in 1999 before Coleman... more »
Gary Coleman's will names a friend and former manager as executor of the late child star's estate and specifies that he wanted to be cremated.
The will was filed Tuesday in Provo, Utah where Coleman died May 28 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Coleman says in the 1999... more »
IBERVILLE PARISH - A man who evaded Baton Rouge Police Friday was captured by Iberville Sheriff's deputies Sunday, according to BRPD Cpl. Tommy Stubbs.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. A spokeswoman for the FBI's Norfolk office, Vanessa Torres,... more »
NEW ORLEANS - A government report says construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months... more »
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has deployed dozens of Israeli-made precision guided missiles on islands near a western sea boundary disputed by North Korea.... more »